GretnaLife’s Sunday Gatherings

This is the purpose and mission of the church, and Jesus expects us to embrace it.

Week 4: Joy
Text: Matthew 2:1–18
Key Words: treasures, prophecy fulfilled, God's glory
Big Idea of the Message: The people we see at Jesus’s arrival point us to his essential nature. The wise men say, with with great JOY, “Here is your King!”

Week 3: Love
Text: Luke 2:8-21
Key Words: incarnation, shepherds, least of these, love of God
Big Idea of the Message: Every person’s life is impacted by the birth of Jesus because every person’s eternity can be changed by his death and resurrection. This is the LOVE of God incarnate,

Week 2
Text: Matthew 1:18-25
Key Words: Peace, Jesus, Advent, Bridge to God
Big Idea of the Message: God’s Son came to Mary and Joseph as the fulfilled promise of a Savior for the world. His arrival was intended to bring PEACE between God and man, and restoration of all creation.

Big Idea of the Series: This series weaves together Matthew’s and Luke’s accounts of Christ’s birth to tell the story of Christmas over four weeks.
Text: Luke 1:5–25, 39–45
Topics: John the Baptist’s Birth, Angels, Jesus’s Birth
Big Idea of the Message: God uses the HOPE & faithfulness of Zechariah and Elizabeth to prepare the way for the arrival of John the Baptist and the eventual arrival of Jesus Christ.
Application Point: God is committed to the faithful, but sometimes we must trust the Lord and wait patiently for his provision; then he can bless others through us.

Big Idea of the Series: This series aims to both focus our hearts on how we approach worship, and broaden our view of what worship can (and maybe should) look like.
Week 4
Text: Psalm 63:3-4, 65:7, 117, 145:4; Matthew 5:14-16
Topics: Shabach, Holy Roar, Celebrate
Big Idea of the Message: The final word of our study - shabach - embodies the concept of a Holy Roar.  To celebrate, and boast of our God not just on Sunday, but so that all the world might know how great He is!

Big Idea of the Series: This series aims to both focus our hearts on how we approach worship, and broaden our view of what worship can (and maybe should) look like.
Week 3
Text: Psalm 63:7, 148:1-5
Topics: yadah, halal, celebrate worship
Big Idea of the Message: The fact that a perfect God calls us His children is cause for celebration, especially in our worship of Him.

Big Idea of the Series: This series aims to both focus our hearts on how we approach worship, and broaden our view of what worship can (and maybe should) look like.
Week 2
Text: Psalm 100:1-5
Topics: zamar, tehillah, spontaneous praise
Big Idea of the Message: This week, Tina walks us through what it looks like to worship God spontaneously.